from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious: meaning & examples

Meanings:

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  • A sarcastic expression attributing a statement to an imaginary department that issues information so obvious that mentioning it is unnecessary; used to mock the banality or redundancy of an observation.

  Examples

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  • Well, that’s a statement from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious: water is wet.

    Bueno, esa es una declaración del Departamento de lo Obvio: el agua está mojada.

  • Saying ‘the sky is blue’ feels like it’s straight from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

    Decir ‘el cielo es azul’ parece salido directamente del Departamento de lo Obvio.

  • He announced the winner before the game started—that comment came from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

    Anunció al ganador antes de que empezara el juego; ese comentario vino del Departamento de lo Obvio.